Shipping-package.



M. LACHIVIAN.

SHIPPING PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 8. I9I'a.

Patented May 4, 1915.A

ATTO/MERS l metallic ones of a paper or practically as simple tion immediatelyafter being inserted in the NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LACMAN'MANUFACTURING NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

MAURICE LAGHMAN, or COMPANY; or

sri-IPPING-PACKAGE.

1,138,121, Specification of Letters Patent.

y Application filed November 8, 1913. Serial No. 799,847.

To all whom it may concern: body of the container. Fig. 4 is a plan view Be it known that I, MAURICE LAGHMAN, a of the part shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a percitizen of the United States, and a resident spective view of the end of the stay member of NewYork, in the county of New York shown inl Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a `perspective and State of New York, have invented cer- View of one of the stay members as made up tain new and useful Improvements in Shipto be inserted in the container. ping-Packages, of which the following is a side elevation ofone end of a modified form specification. of stay member.

MyV present invention relates to a novel. This invention most particularly lends itmeans or devices for securingthe heads to self to use with a cylindrical type of conthe ody of containers, particularly nontainer'such as a keg or barrel and when apstraw-board type plied tolthis use, the body portion of the 1n which heretofore considerable difficulty containerpreferably consists of a cylinder has been met in securing the heads to the fof paper or other similar material 1 formed paper body ina simple, commercial and, at in any desired manner. Preferably the cylthe same time, rigid, efficient manner.

inder 1 isyformed of a number of layers of The invention is particularly adapted for paper superimposed on each other, preferuse with containers made of paper or similar ably by a .winding operation,l and. unite material which, owing to the increasing each other by a suitable' adhesive. The scarcity of wood and therefore its increased layers areradhered to each other under prescost, are coming into great demand and it is sure whereby a solid ,wall of any deslred as applied to this use that the invention will thickness is`1atta`ined. The specific manner be described herein. of forming the cylinder or body 1 forms no The object of the invention is to so simpart of this invention and further descripplify the manner of securing the heads tol .tion will be dispensed with. Y the body of the container that the operation 2 indicates bands or hoops of metal at each. merely becomes a coopering proposition and end of the cylinder 1' and forced down over as the act of nailing in the outer periphery thereof. Each of said the heads of wooden kegs or barrels and at bands is preferably provided with an 1nthe same time attain a package which will Wardly disposed lateral flange 3 which when be strong enough to withstand at least as the band 2 is forced down in place seats on much shipping and rough handling as the edge of the cylinder 1 and protects thev wooden ones. raw edges thereof from rfraying or other The object of the invention is also to mutilation. cheapen the cost of containers of this type f 4 indicates a metallic stay member preferby simplifying and reducing the number of ably of wire and disposed longltudinallyof operations necessary to manufacture the the body 1. The stay member 4, of which package while at the same time maintaining there may be any number its eiiiciency. the inner side of the cyhnder 1, To these ends the invention consists in the terminates at each end in a cross member or novel device or devices for andin the manner of securing the heads to the container and also in the new and novel construction of container` hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa vertical central section through a container embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section taken on the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through one corner of the container on an enlarged scale, the head being removed and one end of the stay 'member being showngin its posi- 4 inner surface of the container head and also forms the means yfor holding the container head against outward displacement.

The stay member is formed as shown in Fig. 6 with a crosshead at each lend, each cross-head consisting of a loop' projecting laterally in one direction partit of the member and a straight, flexible end 6- projecting laterally in the opposite direction. The two heads are united together by the longitudinal part 4 which is looped or tied over each head as at k7.

The stay member may be formed by talr-A ing a length of wire and bending it the disposed prefers head which forms a seat or stop for thev Patented May a, i915..

Fig. 7 is a dto` from the main l -requisite distance from theend as at 8 to form the transverse member 6. The wire is then bent back upon itself for a distance from the bend 8 to form the loop 5 and then lapped or tied over the member 6 as at 7 after which the wire proceeds laterally thereto. The formation is the same at each end and the staymember may be readily and quickly formed in a suitable wire-working machine. y,

The stay members, of which there may be any number, are `placed on the inside of .the cylinder 1 so that` the free ends of the lateral members 6 pass laterally through holes punched or otherwise formed in the side of the cylinder and in the hoop or band 2. The connecting length 4 of the stay member is brought into side contact with the inner periphery of the cylinder, the loop 5 projects radially' into the cylinder and the flexible member 6 projects laterally therefrom asshown in Fig. 3. Each head preferably merely consists of a paper disk 9 made up preferably of superimposed layers of paper adhered to each other under pressure. The bottom lhead is first inserted into the cylinder until it seats against the plurality of loops 5 after which an annular metal rim comprising an inner flange l0 and an outer ange ll in different planes is placed over the end of the cylinder, the flange 10 engaging the outer surface of the head disk 9 and the flange l1 seating on the edge of the cylinder 1. rlhe flexible end ofthe member 6 isvthen turned over the rim of the head by a hammer or other suitable tool whereby the head disk 9 is securely clamped between the loops 5 and the flange `1O of the head rim. After the container has been filled with thel goods desired to be shipped, the open end is closed in the same manner as described with regard to the bottom head.A-`

As is well understood, after the container is filled and closed, any blow orshock due to handling or dropping the package vtends to burst the head in an outward direction. In a packagemade up inaccordance with this invention an outward force' or pressure is exerted on the turned over end 6 of the stay members and this is in turn taken up by the stay rod properl or the part 4 which owing to the tie or lap 7 prevents any distortion or displacement ofthe loop 5.

By arranging the head engaging loop 5 horizontal as previously described, it provides a bearing surfaceof appreciable ex- -tent for the inner surface of the disk 9 but if desi/red the loop 5 may be arranged vertical as shown in Fig. 7 in which case the head merely seats against the upper side of the loo the longitudinal member 4 and the transverse member 6 of the s being however in this case also tied to each other at 7 so to hold said ay membersaid body at each end and that an strain o the end leona, an annular metal' rim g through the holes in the clean-cut, smooth appearance is given to the outside of the package.

It will be understood that the details of.

construction may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention 'as expressed in the .appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A container comprising a cylindrical paper body, Within said body and extending substantially the length thereof,` loops formed near each end of said stay members adjacent the ends of the cylindrical body, said loops extending inwardly in a radial direction, heads for each end of said body, said heads resting upon said loops, and exible extensions extending from said loops through said, cylindrical paper body in a radial direction and being adapted to be bentto engage the rims of the heads to secure the heads to said body.

2. A container comprising in combination a cylindrical paper body, metallic stay members disposed longitudinally thereof, loops integral with the stay members and projecting radially within said body with'the plane of the loops substantially at right angles to the axis of said cylindrical body, said stay members being twisted about one member of said loops, one member of said loops extending radially through said cylindrical paper body, heads constructed to rest upon said loops, metallic rings engaging they outer surface of said heads and seated on the ends of said body, and means to engage said rings heads within said cylindrical container and upon said loops.

3. A container .comprising a cylindrical paper body, metallic stay members having loops radially projecting wlthin said body, a paper disk at each end of the bodyseated on said loops and a metal rim seated 0n the end of the body and bearing on sald disk, said stay members terminating in hooks engaging said rims. o

4. A container comprisinga cylindrical paper body, a metal band at each end of sa1 d body, metallic stay members disposed longitudinally within said body, logps integral with said members and projectmgradially within saidbody, a paper disk ittmg within for metallic stay members disposed seated on said messer 5. As a new article of manufacture, a,l stay 'member for securing heads to containers comprising a wire stay, a loop at each end of said wire stay integral therewith and projecting laterally therefrom and 'an cX- tension of said loop disposed laterally from said wire in the opposite direction.

6. As a new article of manufacture, astay l l5 member for securing heads to containers comprising a straight length of wire terminating at each end in a cross-head having members projecting laterally'in opposite directions therefrom, said wire being lapped 20 over said cross-heads.

7. As an article of manufacture, a cylinvstantially the length drical paper body to comprise the body., of a container, metallic staymembers extending longitudinally of said body and subthereof, loops Vformed near each end of said stay members adjacent the ends of the cylindrical body, said loops extending inwardly in a radial direction to constitute supports for heads to close the ends of said body, exible extensions extending rom said loo sthrough said cylindrical paper body in u radial direction and being adapted toybeV bent to be operativeto secure heads within said body.

Signed at New York and State of New York, this 7th day ofNovember A. D. 1913.

MAURICE LACHMAN.

Witnesses:

F. B. TowNsaNn, Harina Gans.

York Aiii the countyvof New 35 

